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  snowfall as the snowflakes fall, they remind me of home

  

  are almost always tied to the[annotation note="MIT has a reputation for ... freshman fall, when I kept waiting and waiting for the snow to come. October ... It snowed for the first time this school year yesterday! Originally

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • October 31, 2020
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Eyes Wide a scandalous, unintentionally-devoid-of-meaning recent history

  

  of the time, and proceeding to sit down for a whole two hours and ... had come to $3.14, the monetary equivalent of the ratio between a circle ... repeated, immediately cursing my inability to keep nerdy observations to

  • by Jackie M. '20
  • September 8, 2017
• Blog / Events

  The Blogger’s Cut, Year One Some other first year memories captured in photos

  

  to move out. For Next House, residents that weren't graduating had to ... building for using such a cheesy html gimmick in a reputable post. But trust ... final exam in psychology. Even more conveniently, my room had a lot to

  • by Emad T. '14
  • May 25, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  This Entry is About (A) Lady Gaga (B) my MIT ID card (C) all of the above

  

  instant Polaroids just like Grandma used to do for her scrapbook. I still ... I will skip, except to note that one of the proposed designs for the ... Polaroid donating the portrait to MIT along with a 9000-piece collection of

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • July 1, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Q&A with Prof. Jonathan Gruber ‘87 (CPW Preview!) Our second CPW Keynote Speaker, Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber '87, answers a few questions in…

  

  ), there will be two prominent faculty keynote speakers. To highlight their ... Arrow Award for the Best Paper in Health Economics in 1994.  He was also one of 15 scientists nationwide to receive the Presidential Faculty

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 7, 2010
• Blog / Challenges

  How I got mugged in the frozen foods section. So, MIT is kind of like a turkey and provolone Subway sandwich.

  

  , after which I was arrested for not blogging enough. (If you’re trying to ... been skiing or snowboarding or just plain cold for more than 20 minutes ... Potter, and I had to get Dumbledore’s help because I was hiding in a broom

  • by Shannon M. '12
  • January 5, 2009
• Blog / Admissions

  A Parent’s Perspective (Guest Entry) A Parent's Perspective of MIT

  

  … I did snag a hot dog at Theta Delt (thank you for your kindness to a ... something to be said for being able to get from Mass Ave to Kendall Square ... Barton Rogers’ alma mater (10 points to anyone who knows without

  • by Bryan
  • April 21, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Visualize whirled peas

  

  juiced was for The Matrix: Revolutions, and don't expect to be in one again ... I don't want to alarm those of you in California, Texas, Florida ... much at peace. Last night I went to see the opening night premiere of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2004
• Blog / IAP

  IAP in Review: Week One IAP should stand for Independent Awesome Period.

  

  on writing!) to compare a bunch of genetic sequences. For three hours ... I've been trying to pick up a martial art for quite some time - there really is no time like IAP for doing those things you never seem to find

  • by Paul B. '11
  • January 12, 2009
• Blog / MIT Life

  2 AM Destiny An early evening snapshot of an MIT kitchen

  

  rights on eBay for $36 and used the money to build stadium seating in the ... representative of reality. Please excuse my photo stitching.   From left to ... pass/no record. He intends to declare Course 4 (Architecture) as his

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 12, 2011
• Blog / Hacks

  mit.wikipedia.org The best dang hack there ever was [citation needed]

  

  call for factual accuracy, presumably an allusion to MIT's current search ... of geeky wit. This, for instance, hung from the ceiling of Lobby 7: I ... -styled notification at the end of the Infinite, I challenged myself to find as many

  • by Emad T. '14
  • January 20, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The ‘Magic Paint Brush’ This is so much cooler than MS Paint.

  

  the brush into a local classroom for about five weeks to see how ... tool to explore colors, textures, and movements found in everyday ... market today that are designed especially for kids. These let kids do neat

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 20, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  A thousand million questions An evening with Gaelic quesadillas and Farrokh Bulsara.

  

  later, my floor headed down to the Asgard Irish Pub and Restaurant for ... be on the other side of me, but then I realized that in order to that I'd have to run faster than the rotation of the earth. I spent the rest of

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 6, 2005
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Dudamel On music and becoming an old man

  

  Prize "for extraordinary service to children." I was equally surprised to ... . After an introduction that included a thank-you to Rafael Reif for ... memory (not to mention he was 110% prepared for the rehearsal). But it was

  • by Anna H. '14
  • April 15, 2014
• Blog / How to Human

  This blog post is about you. yes, you.

  

  200 words for snow, here at MIT we sure do have a lot of words relating to stress. MIT is a difficult place - but you already knew that.  The ... 's okay.  You don't come to a school like MIT looking to coast through all

  • by Michael C. '16
  • December 7, 2012
• Blog / Events

  Unknowns in illustrated list form

  

  ?   4. Does a snowman need to have 3 snowball parts for it to be a real ... campus. For some of the puzzles, the first challenge is trying to figure ... 1. When will the snow piles melt? Bragging rights to whoever gets

  • by Ana V. '15
  • February 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The First Ending it's the last day of classes and I am having some feelings.

  

  and only having the fortune to know them for a year--or two years, or ... my total time in college is coming to an end. I suppose this is supposed to be one of those posts where I talk about how much I've grown over

  • by Allan K. '17
  • May 15, 2014
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Founder’s Letter A historical perspective.

  

  importuned for a word, which was characteristic, as usual. I was urged to speak ... be drawn for the present so as to place them with the seceders. Still ... for only a short letter. Much occupation before the Committee of the

  • by William Barton Rogers
  • March 11, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Ponderings of a lifeguard Why are white water rapids white?

  

  able to update my blog this summer! I feel so guilty for my prolonged ... of water, basically waiting for some major accident to happen. I don ... the entire park, and my entire job was to make sure that none of them

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 7, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  Hello from Palo Alto My California not-so-vacation.

  

  day, then I'm catching the redeye to Boston at 10 PM. Look for me to answer a bunch of questions later today. For right now, I just want to be a little lazy and watch TV -- I've been talking to people almost nonstop for

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • March 1, 2006